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#LGBTProtocol: "Better prisoner than heterosexual again"
What is the impact of a protocol that once again identifies the LGBTQ+ community as dangerous and criminal? These kinds of tools are undoubtedly part of the culture war. OPINION: LULI SÁNCHEZ
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Organizations and activists condemn the detention protocol for LGBT people
Argentina's Ministry of Security approved the "General Protocol for Personal Searches and Detentions of LGBT Individuals," which will be used by federal police and security forces. Sexual diversity organizations and LGBT activists expressed their condemnation.
She fought for her license and created a national network of trans teachers
Quimey Ramos, the trans teacher who made headlines last month for transitioning mid-year, is leading a national network of trans teachers. Now, she has just won another battle: she finally obtained the medical leave that had been denied her for gender reassignment surgery. “What happened to me serves as a lesson for any teacher to have the tools to assert their rights. I’m happy to be in this position here, to empower others and continue empowering ourselves together,” she told Presentes.
Two years without Diana Sacayán: “She continues to be our guiding light”
The contrast between the cold, public building room and the emotion of those paying tribute marked the atmosphere of the homage to Diana Sacayán in the Chamber of Deputies. Today marked two years since the murder of the Argentine trans activist, and her family, friends, and fellow activists gathered to remember her and demand justice for her transphobic murder.
National Women's Meeting: the agenda of sexual and gender diversity
“The Gathering is all of us” – Naponaxtac enauac qomi in the Qom language – is the motto for this year’s 32nd National Women’s Gathering in Resistencia, Chaco, from October 14 to 16. Presentes has selected activities and workshops that specifically focus on themes of sexual diversity for lesbians, bisexuals, trans people, and transvestites.
"The police are a constant threat to the lives of transvestites and trans people."
Never metaphorical, Rodríguez Larreta's gender police carry out a rigorous disciplinary control over the population of transvestites and trans women, a true census turned into judicial and police statistics.
Big kiss in PHOTOS and VOICES: against Lesbophobia, #LesbianKisses
Rocío Girat, her partner, was present. Lesbian groups, LGBTQ+ activists, feminists, and other self-organized individuals joined together to condemn institutional violence and attacks based on sexual orientation with kisses. [READ MORE: Mariana Gómez declared…]
Mar del Plata joined the #KissingUp for Mariana Gómez and Rocío Girat
The gathering was scheduled for 5 p.m. in front of the First Police Station in the city of Mar del Plata. The initiative came from the Pride March Organizing Committee.
Mariana Gómez testified before the court: "It was a case of lesbophobia."
Mariana Gómez (24) and her wife Rocío Girat (23) arrived at the courthouse at 9:30 in the morning to testify in Criminal and Correctional Court No. 45. From early on, feminist and lesbian activists came to support the women.
A family's struggle to ensure their transgender son receives comprehensive medical care
“‘We’re not going to treat him here’: the phrase hit us like a hammer blow of reality.” This is how the letter released Wednesday by the family of Gonzalo, the 13-year-old trans boy whom the Children’s Hospital of La Plata refused to treat with hormone therapy, begins. Although there has been no official statement yet, the institution maintains that its intention all along was to request time to better train the medical team.